SILICEA

(sil)

Constitutions which suffer from deficient nutrition, not because food is lacking in quality or quantity, but from imperfect assimilation (Bar. c, Calc.) ; over-sensitive, physically and mentally.

Scrofulous, rachitic children WITHLARGEHEADS; open fontanelles and sutures; much sweating about the head (lower than Cal.), which must be kept warm by external covering (Sanic.) ; DISTENDEDABDOMEN; weak ankles; slow in learning to walk.

Great weariness and debility; wants to lie down.

Nervous debility; exhaustion with erythism; from hard work and close confinement; may be overcome by force of will.

Ailments: caused by suppressed foot-sweat (Cup., Graph., Psor.) ; exposing the head or back to any slight draft of air; bad effects of vaccination, especially abscesses and convulsions (Thuja) ; chest complaints of stonecutters with total loss of strength.

Has a wonderful control over the suppurative process—soft tissue, periosteum or bone—maturing abscesses when desired or reducing excessive suppuration (affecting chiefly the soft tissues, Calend., Hep.).

Children are obstinate, headstrong, cry when spoken kindly to (Iod.).

Vertigo: spinal, ascending from back of neck to head; as if one would fall forward, from looking up (Puls. — looking down, Kal., Spig.).

Chronic sick headache, since some severe disease of youth (Psor.) ; ASCENDINGFROMNAPEOFNECKTOTHEVERTEX, as if coming from the spine and locating in one eye, especially the right (left, Spig.) ; < draft of air or uncovering the head; > pressure and wrapping up warmly (Mag. m., Stron.); > profuse urination.

Constipation: ALWAYSBEFOREANDDURINGMENSES (diarrhoea before and during menses. Am. c., Bov.) ; difficult ASFROMinactivity of rectum; with great straining, as if rectum was paralyzed; when partly expelled, recedes again (Thuja).

Faeces remain a long time in the rectum.

Fistula in ano alternates with chest symptoms (Berb., Cap. p.).

Discharge of blood from vagina every time THECHILDTAKESTHEBREAST (compare, Crot. t.).

Nipple is drawn in like a funnel (Sars.).

Night walking; gets up while asleep, walks about and lies down again (Kali br.).